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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Mathias Kuhn, Berlin, DE;
Frank Hauschild, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1012 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1024 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a control device, in particular in a vehicle, the control device having a display surface and a control element. A detection region formed in the vicinity of the control element is monitored by a proximity sensing device such that an actuating element is detected in the detection region, and first and second display contents are displayed on the display surface. The first display content is no longer displayed if an actuating element has been detected in the detection region by the proximity sensing device. Also disclosed is a control device for carrying out the method.